How to Install Webmin on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we are going to show you, how to install Webmin on CentOS 7. Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Linux-based servers. It’s one of the most popular open source hosting control panels. Webmin is largely based on Perl, running as its own process and web server. It defaults to TCP port 10000 for communicating, and can be configured to use SSL if OpenSSL is installed with additional required Perl Modules. Installing Webmin on CentOS 7, is really an easy task, just follow the steps bellow.

2. Download and install the RPM version of Webmin

To download Webmin, please visit the Webmin download page and check for the Webmin RPM package. The RPM package is suitable for any RedHat, Fedora or CentOS system. To download the package you can use wget.

Finally, install Webmin and all the dependencies using the following command:

# yum install webmin

4. Start Webmin and enable it on system boot

To start Webmin, you can use the following command:

# service webmin start

To enable Webmin on system boot use the following command:

# chkconfig webmin on

Webmin allows you to set up user accounts, configure the Apache web server, manage DNS, configure the Postfix mail server, configure the Dovecot IMAP and POP3 mail server and many other things. It has a list of standard modules which you can install and use for your own purposes.

5. Accessing Webmin

By default, Webmin uses a self-signed SSL certificate so your web browser will warn you that the connection is not secure. You can accept the self-signed SSL certificate and proceed to the log in screen.

The administration username which you can use to sign in is set to root and the password is your current root password. In the Webmin dashboard, you can see some basic information about your system and recent logins. The modules and services which you can manage through Webmin are listed on the left panel.

Of course, you don’t have to install Webmin on CentOS 7, if you use one of our Webmin VPS hosting services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to install and configure Webmin on your CentOS 7 server for you. They are available 24×7 and will take care of your request immediately.

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